Improvement in folding-cribs



G. K I LBL! R Nl Folding-Cribs.

Patented Jan. 14, 1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHENEY KILBURN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOEL H. GATES, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-CRIBS..

Specicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,895, dated January 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHENEY KILBUEN, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Stop-Piece for Folding-Cribs, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a stronger and less bulky stop-piece for the support of the hinged bottom of a folding-crib than those heretofore used, and this object I attain by constructing the stop-piece A (see sectional views, Figs. l and 2) of metal, in'the form of an open bracket, arranged for attachment at two points to the folding head or foot board B of the crib; and having a projection, a., for the support of the hinged bottom D of the crib; a shoulder, b, against which the end of the latter bears when lowered; and an inclined portion, c, against which the said hinged bottom, when lowered, is caused to bear in order to force the stop-piece and head or foot board outward.

The crib illustrated in the drawing is the same as `those in common use, the sectional head and foot boards B being hinged at the cen'ter and to the side frames E E, and the bottom D of the crib, which consists of two separate pieces being also hinged to the side frames. When the bottom pieces are raised,

as shown in Ifig. 2, the head and foot boards can be folded and the side frames brought closely together, but when the bottom pieces are lowered, as shown in the plan view, Fig. 3, until they rest upon the stop-pieces A,'they prevent the folding of the head and foot boards, and render the whole structure rigid.

The stop-pieces heretofore used havebeen simple blocks of wood secured to the head and foot boards, such stop-pieces being necessarily bulky, and interfering with the folding of the crib, and frequently breaking, owing to the strains to which they are subjected.

These objections are entirely overcome by the use of the metal stop-pieces A, forming the subject of my invention, which may be cast in malleable iron or brass and can be readily and firmly secured to the head and foot boards by screws h and h. upon the lower screw h is reduced by causing a shoulder, t', of the stop-piece, to bear against the lower corner of the head or foot board, as shown in Fig. l. Y

I prefer to extend one leg of the stop-piece beneath the head-board, and to secure it thereto by a screw or nail, h', as shown; but the said stop-piece might be formed with a projection, 7c, at the bottom, asindicated by dotted lines, to be secured to the inner side of the head-board.

I claim as my invention- The metal stop-piece A constructed and adapted to the head or foot board and bottom of a folding-crib, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence 0f two subscribing witnesses.

CHENEY KILBIURN.

Witnesses WM. A. STEEr., HUBERT HowsoN.

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